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Types, kinds of Selfless Service (Seva)
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Body-physical
Individuals do various selfless service on the level of their inner
identification. The basic and fundamental service is the sharing at the body
or physical level. One can share one's body or physical strength with others
which become the act of selfless service as seen in numerous activities of
helping others in hours of need, like example, rendering help to an area
struck with a natural disaster.
Seva through material means (dhan) or philanthropy (daan) is the sharing at
the outer physical level. Sharing our material objects with the needy
nurtures our inner growth. Fund raising campaign and doing donations all
fall into this category.
Personal philanthropy can be
debasing for the receiver and ego-enhancing for the giver, but self-effacing
community service is ennobling. This is why always doing service as a group
is good but care should be taken not to restrict again the seva to groups of
personal choices. The seva should be rendered irrespective of caste,
creed and nationality.
Two
levels of Seva: Internal and external
Helping others by sharing one's body strength is seva at external level
and when one shares the physical wealth by inner maturity is at the internal
level.

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